Improvement in boots and shoes



s. F. PRAY.

\ BOOTS AND SHOES. No. 177,660. Patented May 23,1876.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OrFron.

SAMUEL F. PRAY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, ABRAHAM S.ADLER, AND JAMES M. CLEMENT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,660, dated May 23,1876 application filed April 24, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. PRAY, of Baltimore, in the county ofBaltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full,c1ear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in,the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of thisspecification.

This invention relates to shoes, having for its object to improve theconstruction of the same by providing a combined welt, stay, andprotector between the right and left quarters of the heel-seam, ashereinafter more fully described. 7

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a rear viewof the quarters with my invention attached; and Fig. 2 is a sectionthrough line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of same.

A represents the two quarters, and B the welt, stay, and protector.

In the manufacture of shoes, the part B is folded and placed between thequarters, and

stitched on the inside of the quarters, as seen at a a, Fig. 2, leavinga part of the same on the outside of the quarters, which is presseddown, so that a part comes over each quarter, as shown in Fig. 1. Afterthis part B is pressed down on the outside there may be two rows ofstitches, as shown in Fig. 1, if desired; but the invention may be usedwithout these outside stitches, if desired.

By this invention I provide a welt, stay, and protector for theheel-seam by using only one seam of stitches necessarily; but threeseams may be used, if preferred, and .the welt, stay, and protector isallin one piece.

Having thus fully described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combined welt, stay, and protector for the heel-seam of a boot orshoe, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

- SAML. F. PRAY. Witnesses:

W. H. HAYWARD,

A. S. ADLER.

